Posted by George on 4/4/2026, 10:57 am, in reply to "Re: The Haymarket Massed Start"
Hey Malcolm, not a lot of people know of this but:-
During the late 1940s through the 1950s, a cycle race was held each year from the Haymarket Newcastle to EDINBURGH AND BACK - before the day was out. The race was against the clock. It began at midnight. Many of the local cycling clubs took part but the first back was usually from the Ridley Cycling Club (probably one of the Batey Brothers who won just about everything in which they competed). I never took part in this spectacular but did race as a member of the Barnesbury CC
